Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turgid \Tur"gid\, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
   1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
      or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated;
      tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the
      body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.

            A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
                                                  --Boyle.

   2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
      bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. --
      {Tur"gid*ly}, adv. -- {Tur"gid*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

turgidness
     n : pompously embellished language [syn: {turgidity}, {flatulence}]